President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has met with immediate past National Chairman and Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Iyiola Omisore, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, The Nation reports.
Adamu and Omisore reportedly resigned their positions early last week, ahead of the scheduled National Caucus and National Executive Council (NEC) meetings of the party, which were to be held on July 18 and 19.
President Tinubu, who is the Leader of the party, is granted a lot of leverage and influence within the ranks of the APC and is expected to determine a lot about the party’s leadership.
Though nothing could be officially confirmed about the reason for the visit, The Nation learnt that it might be part of efforts to sort out issues surrounding the party’s leadership.
When rumours about the resignation of the duo became rife, Adamu reported said he was not going to make any comments on the development until President Tinubu, who was away in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, returned to the country.
Although neither Adamu nor Omisore has openly announced their resignation since it became news, the acting National Chairman, who was Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari, told reporters after a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja, that both officials had resigned.
“The NWC wishes to inform you of the resignation of the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and that of the National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore. With this development and according to the constitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC), it is now incumbent on my humble self, Senator Abubakar Kyari, as a Deputy National Chairman, North, to assume the office of the acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“And subsequently, also, the Deputy National Secretary, Festus Fuantar, will now assume the office of the acting National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…”
